________- More resources available that are needed to "produce "goods.
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Interchangeable parts
________- identical components that could be used in place of one another in manufacturing.
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Cartel
________- a group of companies that join together to control the production and price of a product.
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Urban renewal
________- the process of fixing up the poor areas of a city.
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Henry Bessemer
________- a British engineer who developed a new process for making steel from iron in 1856.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
________- a reformer who helped organize a movement for womens rights.
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Thomas Edison
________- the American inventor who made the first electric light bulb in the 1870s.
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Steam Engine
The ________- One of the more powerful inventions as it could provide power to vehicles.
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Joseph Lister
________- the English surgeon who discovered how antiseptics prevent infection.
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Louis Pasteur
________- a French chemist who showed the link between microbes and disease and developed vaccines against rabies and anthrax.
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Michael Faraday
________- an English chemist who created the first electric motor in the 1800s.
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Orville
________ and Wilbur Wright- American bicycle makers who designed and flew an airplane in 1903, ushering in the air age.
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Guglielmo Marconi
________- an Italian inventor who developed the radio in the 1890s.
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Robert Koch
________- a German doctor who identified the bacterium that caused tuberculosis.
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Corporation
________- business owned by many investors who buy shares of stock and risk only the amount of their investment.
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Utopia
________- a book describing a perfect world where everybody helps out, and carries their weight.
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Sojourner Truth
________- an African American suffragist.
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Florence Nightingale
________- an army nurse in the Crimean War who worked to introduce sanitary measures in British hospitals and founded the worlds first school of nursing.
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Socialism
________- A community dicatets business.
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Standard
________ of living- a measure of the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in a society.
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John Dalton
________- an English Quaker schoolteacher who developed modern atomic theory in the early 1800s, showing that each element has its own kind of atoms.
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Charles Darwin
________- the British naturalist who in 1859 published On the Origin of Species, in which he set forth the theory of evolution through natural selection.
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Cult of domesticity
________- a message put forth by books,
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Adam Smith
________- wrote "Wealth of Nations "→ birth of capitalism.
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Karl Marx
________- Came up with the first form of communism.
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Assembly
________ line- production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks.
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Germ theory
________- the idea that certain microbes cause specific infectious diseases.
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Temperance movement
________- a campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages.
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Racism
________- the belief that one racial group is superior to another.
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Labor Unions
________- Groups made within companies to have some sort of power over the company.
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Social gospel
________- a movement that urged Christians to social service.
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Child labor laws
________- made work fairrer for children.
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Impact of Colonialism
More resources available that are needed to "produce" goods
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The Steam Engine
One of the more powerful inventions as it could provide power to vehicles
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Adam Smith
wrote "Wealth of Nations" → birth of capitalism
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Karl Marx
Came up with the first form of communism
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Utopia
a book describing a perfect world where everybody helps out, and carries their weight
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Labor Unions
Groups made within companies to have some sort of power over the company
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Child labor laws
made work fairrer for children
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Workers rights
made the working environment as a whole better for employees
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Socialism
A community dicatets business
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Henry Bessemer
a British engineer who developed a new process for making steel from iron in 1856
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Alfred Nobel
a Swedish chemist who invented dynamite in 1866
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Michael Faraday
an English chemist who created the first electric motor in the 1800s
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dynamo
a machine that is used to generate electricity
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Thomas Edison
the American inventor who made the first electric light bulb in the 1870s
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interchangeable parts
identical components that could be used in place of one another in manufacturing
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assembly line
production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks
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Orville and Wilbur Wright
American bicycle makers who designed and flew an airplane in 1903, ushering in the air age
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Guglielmo Marconi
an Italian inventor who developed the radio in the 1890s
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stock
shares of a company
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corporation
business owned by many investors who buy shares of stock and risk only the amount of their investment
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cartel
a group of companies that join together to control the production and price of a product
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germ theory
the idea that certain microbes cause specific infectious diseases
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Louis Pasteur
a French chemist who showed the link between microbes and disease and developed vaccines against rabies and anthrax
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Robert Koch
a German doctor who identified the bacterium that caused tuberculosis
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Florence Nightingale
an army nurse in the Crimean War who worked to introduce sanitary measures in British hospitals and founded the worlds first school of nursing
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Joseph Lister
the English surgeon who discovered how antiseptics prevent infection
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urban renewal
the process of fixing up the poor areas of a city
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mutual-aid society
a self-help group formed to aid sick or injured workers
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standard of living
a measure of the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in a society
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cult of domesticity
a message put forth by books,
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temperance movement
a campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
a reformer who helped organize a movement for womens rights
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womens suffrage
womens right to vote
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Sojourner Truth
an African American suffragist
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John Dalton
an English Quaker schoolteacher who developed modern atomic theory in the early 1800s, showing that each element has its own kind of atoms
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Charles Darwin
the British naturalist who in 1859 published On the Origin of Species, in which he set forth the theory of evolution through natural selection
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racism
the belief that one racial group is superior to another
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social gospel
a movement that urged Christians to social service
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